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A MountainWings Moment . . . Because Nice Matters‏

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Because Nice Matters
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When I was 20 and still in college, I worked for a large chain
store where jewelry was their main product.

At Christmas time, it was understood that when the jewelry
department got busy, and because that’s where the greatest
margin of profit was, that all available employees were to help
with sales in the jewelry ‘pit’.

We were all trained to work the counters, but we got a minimum
percentage of commission compared to the regular salespeople’s
salary and commissions. This one evening, the customers were
three deep all around the four sides of the jewelry counters.

One by one we served the customers and it finally got to a
manageable group in about two hours. Some of my co-workers were
tired and wanted to go back to their departments. Some were
allowed to leave, but I was asked to stay and finish helping our
customers find the jewelry that they were shopping for.

As I was just about to walk my current customer to the registers
so that she could checkout, I caught sight of a VERY large man
in just filthy overalls.

He was muddy and he smelled!

When I returned to the sales counter, all of the other college
students that were there working were whispering and giggling
and not very discreetly.

I asked them what they were whispering about. And they pointed
to the man at my section of the counter. I told them not to be
so mean. He might be able to hear them. I told them to have the
Christmas spirit and be nice. Because Nice matters.

They were still giggling as I went to see how I could help him.
When I got to him, he really did smell. It was pretty bad, but
I figured he really wanted something as he had waited a long
time. He thanked me for coming to him and asked to see a
$40,000 aquamarine and diamond ring in the case.

Gasps and more giggles exploded from my co-workers when they

Hard Won Wisdom‏

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Tags: advice, anxiety, attention, computer, depression, doctor, education, era, experience, family, flight, focus, gold, home, House, inspiration, internet, jewelry, job, knowledge, learning, lesson, life, magazine, man, Mathematics, money, online, others, physician, profession, psychiatrist, psychologist, quotes, sale, school, specialist, stress, surgeon, task, teaching, teeth, time, tips, vacation, value, wisdom, woman, work

Theodore Levitt, of the Harvard Business School, said, “Experience
comes from what we have done. Wisdom comes from what we have done
badly.” Theodore Levitt sounds like a wise person. I wonder what he’s
done badly.
..
Based on his reasoning, I must be bursting with wisdom. Over the
years, I’ve racked up an impressive number of things that haven’t gone
too well.
..
But put another way, wisdom is what the school of life gives us with
every poor report card. Wisdom is hard won, and it is often birthed in
the ashes of failure.
..

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The Big Sale

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It was the day of the big sale. Rumors of the sale (and some advertising in the local paper) were the main reason for the long line that formed in front of the store by 8:30, the store’s opening time.

..

A small man pushed his way to the front of the line, only to be pushed back, amid loud and colorful curses. On the man’s second attempt, he was punched square in the jaw, and knocked around a bit, and then thrown to the end of the line again.

Comments (0) Mar 08 2009

Sales Practice

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Tags: bank, boss, check, companion, couple, employee, fool, funds, funny, home, humor, husband, idiot, job, jokes, laughter, loan, man, money, moron, partner, practice, sale, short, smiles, spouse, stupid, task, wife, woman, work

The out-of-work newlywed took a temporary job as a vacuum cleaner salesman.
After 3 days of intensive training, the sales manager told him to go home and
practice his pitch on his wife.

The next morning, the manager asked the novice how he made out.

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“Go ahead infect the whole world with your smile one person at a time”

A MountainWings Moment . . . Because Nice Matters‏

Because Nice Matters
==================

When I was 20 and still in college, I worked for a large chain
store where jewelry was their main product.

At Christmas time, it was understood that when the jewelry
department got busy, and because that’s where the greatest
margin of profit was, that all available employees were to help
with sales in the jewelry ‘pit’.

We were all trained to work the counters, but we got a minimum
percentage of commission compared to the regular salespeople’s
salary and commissions. This one evening, the customers were
three deep all around the four sides of the jewelry counters.

As I was just about to walk my current customer to the registers
so that she could checkout, I caught sight of a VERY large man
in just filthy overalls.

He was muddy and he smelled!

When I returned to the sales counter, all of the other college
students that were there working were whispering and giggling
and not very discreetly.

I asked them what they were whispering about. And they pointed
to the man at my section of the counter. I told them not to be
so mean. He might be able to hear them. I told them to have the
Christmas spirit and be nice. Because Nice matters.

They were still giggling as I went to see how I could help him.
When I got to him, he really did smell. It was pretty bad, but
I figured he really wanted something as he had waited a long
time. He thanked me for coming to him and asked to see a
$40,000 aquamarine and diamond ring in the case.

Gasps and more giggles exploded from my co-workers when they

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Hard Won Wisdom‏

The Big Sale

It was the day of the big sale. Rumors of the sale (and some advertising in the local paper) were the main reason for the long line that formed in front of the store by 8:30, the store’s opening time.

..

A small man pushed his way to the front of the line, only to be pushed back, amid loud and colorful curses. On the man’s second attempt, he was punched square in the jaw, and knocked around a bit, and then thrown to the end of the line again.

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Because Nice Matters ==================

When I was 20 and still in college, I worked for a large chain store where jewelry was their main product.

At Christmas time, it was understood that when the jewelry department got busy, and because that’s where the greatest margin of profit was, that all available employees were to help with sales in the jewelry ‘pit’.

We were all trained to work the counters, but we got a minimum percentage of commission compared to the regular salespeople’s salary and commissions. This one evening, the customers were three deep all around the four sides of the jewelry counters.

As I was just about to walk my current customer to the registers so that she could checkout, I caught sight of a VERY large man in just filthy overalls.

He was muddy and he smelled!

When I returned to the sales counter, all of the other college students that were there working were whispering and giggling and not very discreetly.

I asked them what they were whispering about. And they pointed to the man at my section of the counter. I told them not to be so mean. He might be able to hear them. I told them to have the Christmas spirit and be nice. Because Nice matters.

They were still giggling as I went to see how I could help him. When I got to him, he really did smell. It was pretty bad, but I figured he really wanted something as he had waited a long time. He thanked me for coming to him and asked to see a $40,000 aquamarine and diamond ring in the case.

Gasps and more giggles exploded from my co-workers when they

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The Big Sale

It was the day of the big sale. Rumors of the sale (and some advertising in the local paper) were the main reason for the long line that formed in front of the store by 8:30, the store’s opening time.

..

A small man pushed his way to the front of the line, only to be pushed back, amid loud and colorful curses. On the man’s second attempt, he was punched square in the jaw, and knocked around a bit, and then thrown to the end of the line again.

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Because Nice Matters
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When I was 20 and still in college, I worked for a large chain
store where jewelry was their main product.

At Christmas time, it was understood that when the jewelry
department got busy, and because that’s where the greatest
margin of profit was, that all available employees were to help
with sales in the jewelry ‘pit’.

We were all trained to work the counters, but we got a minimum
percentage of commission compared to the regular salespeople’s
salary and commissions. This one evening, the customers were
three deep all around the four sides of the jewelry counters.

As I was just about to walk my current customer to the registers
so that she could checkout, I caught sight of a VERY large man
in just filthy overalls.

When I returned to the sales counter, all of the other college
students that were there working were whispering and giggling
and not very discreetly.

I asked them what they were whispering about. And they pointed
to the man at my section of the counter. I told them not to be
so mean. He might be able to hear them. I told them to have the
Christmas spirit and be nice. Because Nice matters.

They were still giggling as I went to see how I could help him.
When I got to him, he really did smell. It was pretty bad, but
I figured he really wanted something as he had waited a long
time. He thanked me for coming to him and asked to see a
$40,000 aquamarine and diamond ring in the case.

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